One Tip I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Anxiety

by Tayler Beede | | 9 comments

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I’ve struggled with anxiety, on and off, since I was a child.

When I was little, I’d worry about things like my friends’ parents being mad at me forever because I spilled an Otter Pop on their floor. Or that the other kids at class would think my presentation was stupid. Or that I’d never get the guts to pull out my loose tooth. (Spoiler alert: I didn’t. My mom had to bring me to the dentist and have them do it for me.)

As I got a little older, it grew into scarier things, like something happening to my mom while she was away, or someone breaking into our house at night.

During each phase, I would waste countless hours